Caitlyn slowly opens the cardboard lid and the instant she sees the contents, her body freezes in place. All thought of Shen's disappearance faded and replaced by curiosity as to why Caitlyn made a sudden yelp. The act was very unlike her and the others can't help, but wonder even more as she turned round to face them with her usual serious expression, but held a deep blush along with it.
"So, what's in the box?" Kennen asks in a cautious manner.
"Nothing anyone needs to be concerned about. The contents of the box appear to be lost materials, therefore I shall take the liberty to take this box back to Piltover and file a missing-item report. "Caitlyn gives her explanation before picking up the box and walking off.
"Hey, that doesn't explain the arms and legs that just sprouted out of nowhere!" Ahri questions her, smelling an obvious lie.
"Not to mention Shen just vanished. What if I accidently turned him into that box of whatever? Was it fill of cupcakes or bugs, I must know!" Lulu adds, feeling guilt after all the possibilities she just shouted.
"No worries, Lulu. It's not filled with anything bad, just…." Caitlyn mumbles at the end of her sentence and begins to take longer, faster strides away from them, but is stopped by a hand on her shoulder.
"Then show us, it's technically not your property as well." Ahri says, holding a tight grip on her teammate.
"It's nothing, Ahri. If anything, lost items are best left with those who uphold the law." Caitlyn interjects before shaking off her captor.
Ahri not liking to be lied to finally snaps and jumps on top of the sheriff. After their little squabble, the two trip over each other, falling to the ground along with box. Caitlyn fell on her stomach with Ahri on top. Ahri rubs her bottom while she argues with Cailyn who was still being used as a floor mat, then she stops the moment she notices the box nearby. The box was slightly opened, but it was the trail of small footprints leading towards her that got Ahri's attention. Looking around to find nothing, she suddenly feels a hug against her stomach causing her to look down. She saw three fluffy white tails that weren't her own and a face poking out from under her chest.
Ahri pauses while watching big blue eyes look deep into hers. Breaking out of her trance, she pets his white hair and scratches behind his furry ears. Then she takes one of his hands and squeezes the puny palm, it felt like a paw of a fox. Wanting to investigate some more, Ahri pinches his cheeks which felt like mochi rice cakes. Taking note of the red markings on his face, Ahri never noticed his small hands reaching up to pinch her cheeks. As he laughs and tries his best to stay on his tiptoes, Ahri finally says something.
"Ruri?"
The moment she said his name, he pauses then blushes. Afer saying his name again, he presses his face against her stomach once more, but this time wagging his three tails with more joy. Slowly getting off of Caitlyn while holding Ruri, Ahri turns around with an irritated look on her face.
"What's with this attempt at kidnapping, Miss lawful Sheriff?"
"I truly was going to find the owners of these guys, but it appears I found one of them. How fortunate." Caitlyn calmly says as she sits up.
"And when you say "owners," does that mean you knew what Ruri was already?"
"Not right away, but I did find someone who is a member of Piltover's law enforcement. Though, it was baffling to find him in a different form. "
After Caitlyn finishes her sentence, her lower back is lightly pushed by another chibi, this time in samurai armor with dog ears poking out of the helmet and a black tail coming out his lower back. In an attempt to push Caitlyn to her feet, she finally complies and stands up.
"I thought I got lucky when I opened a box containing not only Garrus here, but other versions of him." Caitlyn admits while Garrus stands in front of her.
"So you found one too, hmm? Wait others?" Ahri wasted no time on small talk and rushes over to the box.
Inside were five others, one was in a tiny hoodie sound asleep, another was in yellow as he picked on the one who wore winter clothes, the others were in blue and teal clothing playing with a piece of cardboard. Ahri stiffens up just like Caitlyn before and also yelped. Lulu and Kennen decided it was time to check it themselves after taking a closer look at Ruri and Garrus.
"Oh no, I turned Shen into a box of stray animal people!" Lulu panics as she squeezes the yellow jacket and frozen Shen against her cheeks.
"S-Shen, is that really you?" Kennen approaches the one wearing the miniature version of Shen's clothes.
"No, I'm Shin." Shin declares. He wore no mask showing his black hair and yellow eyes. Because his voice was high, he could easily be mistaken for a girl since he also had somewhat long hair, the same goes for the other Shens.
"Kennen-shenpai, where's Akali-shenpai?" Shin slurs with his honorifics, while standing at attention in front of Kennen who was still taller than him by a big margin.
"Kennen-senpai? Me?" Kennen points at himself then becomes embarrassed after finding out that's how this Shen sees him as.
"Un, Kennen-shenpai." Shin nods his head in an exaggerated manner.
"Yes, let's go, Shin!" Kennen pats his head between the ears causing his tail to wag.
Kennen and Shin take off, leaving the rest to the others. It wasn't long before they were all teleported back to the institute. Ahri holding onto Ruri and Garrus by Caitlyn, Lulu carried the box containing the rest over her head.
"Where is Vi-san, Boss?" Garrus asks looking up towards Caitlyn who smiled at her given title.
"We'll meet with her soon." She says to him.
The other Shens pop their heads over the edge of the box as if they were sightseeing. Occasionally they would wave at random champions and summoners who would wave back awkwardly. They reach the entrance of the institute and set the box down near the doors.
"Uh, is this really a good idea?" Lulu asks while she plays with the Shen in teal clothing that almost made him look like a star since he also wore a pointy hat.
"Yes. The owners of these guys are most likely champions as well and I'm sure they would recognize them even if they changed form. I figured it out and so did Ahri." Caitlyn says.
"But, doesn't it bother you that they are all Shen." Lulu asks.
"Hmmm, nope. I don't think this is Shen at all. Ruri is Ruri so…." Ahri runs off before finishing her sentence.
"Ah wait, Ahri! Caitlyn, you know what I'm saying right? Huh, Caitlyn?" Lulu looks around to find the sheriff nowhere in sight.
Lulu sighs again knowing that she couldn't do anything since she only knows how cast to magic not undo it. Conjuring up some sweets, Lulu gives each Shen a treat, before saying goodbye.